Smart TV hack with Raspberry pi 3

TV’s nowadays are not just limited to watch the regular satellite broadcast shows. You can browse the internet, watch videos on youtube and much more. But a smart TV costs much more than a simple LED/LCD TV. How about making a simple TV which supports HDMI connection, much smarter than any current smart TVs.

I have a desi jugad which will cost around 3000 bucks to make your TV smarter and you can do anything that a computer can, even without any keyboard or mouse input.I am talking about a whole OS (Linux) on your TV, controlled wirelessly using your mobile screen.So your TV is now touchscreen too.That’s geeky, isn’t it?

Here is a tutorial for a smart TV hack using a raspberry pi 3.

Requirements :

Ready to use Raspberry Pi 3 with GUI OS enabled.

Any TV with HDMI connection

HDMI cable

Smartphone

Wifi router

Step by step guide:

Assuming that you have a ready to use Raspberry Pi 3 with Any GUI based OS enabled.Follow the previous article to know more about it.

Since we need double screen sharing later so we need to install x11VNC.Enter the code below using any SSH client. sudo apt-get install x11vnc